All WHA game summaries from December 30, 1977
| 1: |
EDM, | Bill Flett 17 (Al Hamilton, Ron Chipperfield), 1:57 |
| IND, | Rosaire Paiement 5 (Peter Driscoll, Ken Block), 2:35 |
| IND, | Kevin Morrison 3 (Darryl Maggs), 5:31 |
| IND, | Kevin Morrison 4 (Bill Goldsworthy), 6:34 |
| EDM, | Dennis Sobchuk 6 (Dave Semenko), 11:07 |
| EDM, | Dennis Sobchuk 7 (Dave Semenko), 11:13 |
| 2: |
EDM, | Blair MacDonald 11 (Joe Micheletti, Mike Zuke), :41 |
| EDM, | Brett Callighen 8 (Juha Widing, Paul Shmyr), 9:00 |
| EDM, | Juha Widing 9 (Brett Callighen, Don McLeod), 18:19 |
| 3: |
IND, | Blaine Stoughton 8 (Rosaire Paiement, Kevin Devine), 3:14 |
| IND, | Bill Goldsworthy 4 (Reg Thomas, Don Burgess), 9:13 |
| EDM, | Dennis Sobchuk 8 (Pierre Guite, Bill Flett), 16:31 |
| EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 15, 19:35 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Michel Parizeau, IND 0:59 |
| Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 4:07 |
| Dave Semenko, EDM 11:29 |
| Rene Leclerc, IND 11:55 |
| 2: |
Darryl Maggs, IND 5:17 |
| Kevin Morrison, IND 11:27 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 18:39 |
| Michel Parizeau, IND 19:04 |
| 3: |
Dave Semenko, EDM 3:11 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 9:43 |
| Barry Wilkins, IND 9:43 |
| Jerry Holland, EDM [minor, major] 13:17 |
| Kevin Devine, IND [minor, major] 13:17 |
| Pierre Guite, EDM 14:12 |
| Peter Driscoll, IND 16:01 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 18:49 |
Penalty time: IND: 21 minutes
EDM: 21 minutes
Shots: IND: 7-10-11-28
EDM: 18-16-13-47
Goalies: IND: Peter McDuffe,
Gary Inness
EDM: Don McLeod (W, 6-6-0)
Attendance: 8,285
| 1: |
HOU, | Cam Connor 12 (John Tonelli, Ted Taylor), 1:14 |
| CIN, | Brian Coates 1 (Jamie Hislop), 1:34 |
| CIN, | Rich Leduc 22 (Peter Marsh, Pat Stapleton), 5:55 |
| CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 24 (Jamie Hislop, Bryon Baltimore), 12:10 |
| HOU, | Andre Lacroix 15 (John Hughes, Rich Preston), 16:59 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Brian Coates 2 (Robbie Ftorek, Jamie Hislop), 2:27 |
| HOU, | Larry Hale 1 (Terry Ruskowski, Don Larway), 4:57 |
| HOU, | John Tonelli 6 (Ted Taylor), 12:00 |
| 3: |
HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 8 (Morris Lukowich, John Hughes), 8:02 |
| CIN, | Peter Marsh 7 (Ron Plumb), 11:25 |
| 4: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Barry Melrose, CIN 9:28 |
| John Schella, HOU 19:54 |
| 2: | none |
| 3: |
Bryon Baltimore, CIN [major] 2:16 |
| John Tonelli, HOU [major] 2:16 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: CIN: 7 minutes
HOU: 7 minutes
Shots: CIN: 12- 8- 9- 6-35
HOU: 15-10- 7- 3-35
Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (T, 2-1-1)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (T, 8-11-3)
Attendance: 7,170
| 1: |
NE , | Mark Howe 7 (Gordie Howe, George Lyle), 15:23 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 10 (Mark Howe, Gordie Roberts), 18:59 |
| BIR, | Serge Beaudoin 4 (Ken Linseman, Brent Hughes), 19:53 |
| 2: |
BIR, | Pete Marrin 12 (Tony Cassolato, Ken Linseman), 3:20 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 13 (Rick Ley, Alan Hangsleben), 11:41 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 14 (Rick Ley, Alan Hangsleben), 12:09 |
| NE , | Mike Antonovich 17 (Dave Keon, Gordie Roberts), 18:02 |
| 3: |
NE , | Gordie Howe 11 (Mark Howe, George Lyle), 8:33 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Bill Butters, NE [double minor] 3:46 |
| Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [minor, major] 3:46 |
| Dave Gorman, BIR [misconduct] 3:46 |
| Phil Roberto, BIR 16:54 |
| Bench penalty, BIR 17:15 |
| George Lyle, NE 17:32 |
| 2: |
George Lyle, NE 2:11 |
| Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 4:03 |
| Bill Butters, NE 4:03 |
| George Lyle, NE 8:00 |
| Brad Selwood, NE 10:44 |
| Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 10:44 |
| Dave Gorman, BIR 11:23 |
| Mike Antonovich, NE 11:23 |
| 3: |
Pat Westrum, BIR 6:10 |
| Jack Carlson, NE 6:10 |
| Ken Linseman, BIR 6:32 |
| Ken Linseman, BIR 10:20 |
| Mike Antonovich, NE 10:48 |
| Serge Beaudoin, BIR 13:53 |
| Gordie Howe, NE 19:38 |
Penalty time: BIR: 35 minutes
NE : 22 minutes
Shots: BIR: 12-10- 3-25
NE : 13-19-12-44
Goalies: BIR: Wayne Wood (L, 5-4-1)
NE : Al Smith (W, 19-3-3)
Attendance: n/a
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Edmonton Oilers (16-15-1)
Cincinnati Stingers (13-19-2)
Houston Aeros (14-15-3)
Birmingham Bulls (14-17-2)
New England Whalers (23-8-3)